CVE-2016-1819
highpriority · track · 43EPSS 0.048 · 92 %ileexploit · functionalEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
Use-after-free vulnerability in the IOAccelContext2::clientMemoryForType method in Apple iOS before 9.3.2, OS X before 10.11.5, tvOS before 9.2.1, and watchOS before 2.2.1 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted app, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-1817 and CVE-2016-1818.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.4–9.3
weaknesses
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exploits (1)
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- EDB-39928Apple Mac OSX Kernel - Use-After-Free Due to Bad Locking in IOAcceleratorFamily2functional · exploit_db
affected products (7)
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also known as (8)
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sources
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references (40)
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- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00001.htmlcnnvd
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00002.htmlcnnvd
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00003.htmlcnnvd
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00004.htmlcnnvd
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137396/OS-X-Kernel-Use-After-Free-From-IOAcceleratorFamily2-Bad-Locking.htmlcnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90694cnnvd
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035890cnnvd
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=772cnnvd
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